The Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project

The Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project

As honeybee colonies collapse across the world at an alarming rate, northern Michigan youth are protecting pollinators in an effort to offset the loss of billions of bees by providing habitat to butterflies. The four-year Zaagkii Wings... [more]

As honeybee colonies collapse across the world at an alarming rate, northern Michigan youth are protecting pollinators in an effort to offset the loss of billions of bees by providing habitat to butterflies.
The four-year Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project was founded in the summer of 2008 by Rev. Jon Magnuson of Marquette, Michigan.
Marquette area teens and youth from the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community are building dozens of butterfly houses that offer protection and breeding opportunities.
The youth have also planted over 26,000 native plants that are vital for all pollinators to thrive.
The U.S. Forest Service has called the project a "success story."

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Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens and KBIC tribal youth protecting pollinators

(Marquette, Michigan) - Northern Michigan teens are on a mission to protect pollinators by helping butterflies and restoring native plants to areas of the Upper Peninsula. Perhaps the best know pollinators are bees - like honey bees and bumble bees. Billions of these bees are dying across the world in a syndrome called Colony Collapse Disorder. Zaagkii Project artwork created by a teen volunteer Bees are disappearing and its not clear why - although human impact on the... Read Full Story

Vote through August 30th: Please support northern Michigan environment projects; finalist in “Friends of Elsie” contest

Please Please Please !!! Support the northern Michigan Earth Keeper Initiative & Zaagkii Project by voting through August 30, 2009 Story to vote: Week Ending Apr 05, 09 Creating numerous environment projects that bring together diverse groups, students, American Indians Please vote for Rev. Jon Magnuson’s environment projects in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. You can vote daily. Even 1 vote is appreciated. Find this story of click on this link: Week Ending Apr 05, 09... Read Full Story

Please vote for EarthKeeper/Zaagkii Projects through August 30, 2009: Finalist in “Friends of Elsie” contest

Please Please Please !!! Support the northern Michigan Earth Keeper Initiative & Zaagkii Project by voting through August 30, 2009 Story to vote: Week Ending Apr 05, 09 Creating numerous environment projects that bring together diverse groups, students, American Indians Please vote for Rev. Jon Magnuson’s environment projects in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula. You can vote daily. Even 1 vote is appreciated. Find this story of click on this link: Week Ending Apr 05, 09... Read Full Story

Feb. 23, 2008 free benefit concert for Cedar Tree Institute

February 23, 2008: Free "Songs of the Earth" candlelight benefit concert in Marquette, MI for nonprofit Cedar Tree Institute and its environment projects (Marquette, Michigan) - National harmonica champion "Hurricane" David McChesney and folk singer Michael Waite will perform at a free candlelight benefit concert on February 23 for the non-profit Cedar Tree Institute. Everyone is invited to attend the 7 p.m. "Songs of the Earth" concert this Monday at the Messiah Lutheran Church in Marquette... Read Full Story

Northern Michigan youth protect pollinators

Native American youth and other Northern Michigan teens are protecting pollinators like butterflies because honeybees are dying by the billions across the world Monarch Photos by Author Lynn Rosenblatt Other photos by Greg Peterson The Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project is the latest youth environment project founded by the non-profit Cedar Tree Institute in Marquette, Michigan in cooperation with the Marquette County Juvenile Court, Keweenaw Bay Indian Community (KBIC) and the United States... Read Full Story

Zaagkii Project: U.P. teens, tribal youth protect pollinators

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Native Village honors native youth & Zaagkii Project with story

Native Village Article on Zaagkii Project (Click on link to read story) The Native Village website does stories on Native Village youth and education. Each month this unique website puts out an issue of news about Native youth. http://www.nativevillage.org In it's November 2008 issue, Native Village takes an extensive look at the Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. The Zaagkii Project thanks and honors Native Village and its Editor Gina Boltz for the excellent story... Read Full Story

Welcome to our wikizine called "The Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project"

Wikizines are interactive magazines that anyone can create or edit - and this one is called "The Zaagkii Wings and Seeds Project". Here you can find fresh voices and respond in real time. Some members write articles about recent news and trends related to the wikizine's topic, others recount relevant personal stories or share their favorite pictures and video clips. Got an interesting idea or story to share with other members of this wikizine? Well, then put on your journalist's cap and add... Read Full Story

Zaagkii Wings & Seeds Project: Northern Michigan teens and KBIC tribal youth protecting pollinators

Mining Journal article on Zaagkii Project

Linked from http://www.miningjournal.net/page/content.detail/id/512810.html --- Read Full Story
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